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Bill 40 2016

An
Act to amend the Animals for Research Act and the Dog Owners' Liability Act
with respect to pit bulls

Her
Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the
Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Animals
for Research Act

1. (1) Subsection
1 (2) of the Animals for Research Actis
repealed.

(2) Subsection 20 (5) of the Act is amended
by striking out "subject to subsections (7) to (7.4)" and substituting "subject
to subsection (7)".

(3) Subsection 20 (6) of the Act is amended
by striking out "subject to subsections (7) to (7.4)" in the portion before
clause (a) and substituting "subject to subsection (7)".

(4) Subsections 20 (7.1) to (7.4) of the
Act are repealed.

Dog
Owners' Liability Act

2. (1) The
definition of "pit bull" in subsection 1 (1) of the Dog
Owners' Liability Act is repealed.

(2) Subsection 1 (2) of the Act is
repealed.

(3) Subsection 4 (6) of the Act is amended
by striking out the portion before paragraph 1 and substituting the following:

Considerations

(6) In exercising its powers to make an
order under subsection (3), the court shall take into consideration the
following circumstances:

.
. . . .

(4) Subsections 4 (8), (9) and (10) of the
Act are repealed.

(5) Sections 6 to 11 of the Act are
repealed.

(6) Subsection 13 (3) of the Act is amended
by adding "or" at the end of clause (c) and by repealing clauses (d) and (e).

(7) Subsection 15 (1) of the Act is amended
by adding "or" at the end of subclauses (c) (i) and (ii) and by repealing
clauses (d) and (e).

(8) Sections 19 and 20 of the Act are
repealed and the following substituted:

Regulations

Regulations

19. The
Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations,

(a) authorizing
persons or other bodies specified in the regulations to pass and enforce
by-laws governing dogs for the purposes of unorganized territory or specified
parts of unorganized territory in the same ways that a municipality can pass
and enforce by-laws governing dogs for the purposes of its geographic
jurisdiction;

(b) designating
bodies referred to as designated in this Act;

(c) designating
public officers as peace officers for the purposes of this Act.

(9) Ontario Regulation 157/05 (Pit Bull
Controls) made under the Act is revoked.

Commencement

3. (1) Subject
to subsection (2), this Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal
Assent.

Same

(2) Section 2 comes into force on a day to
be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.

Short
title

4. The
short title of this Act is the Public Safety Related to
Dogs Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016.

EXPLANATORY
NOTE

The
Bill repeals provisions in the Animals for Research Act
relating to the disposition of pit bulls under that Act. The Bill also repeals
provisions in the Dog Owners' Liability Act that
prohibit restricted pit bulls and provide for controls on pit bulls.